1992 PGA Tour explained

Year:1992
Tour:PGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:44
Most Wins: John Cook (3)
Fred Couples (3)
Davis Love III (3)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Fred Couples
Honor2:PGA Tour Player of the Year
Honoree2: Fred Couples
Honor3:PGA Player of the Year
Honoree3: Fred Couples
Honor4:Rookie of the Year
Honoree4: Mark Carnevale
Prevseason:1991
Nextseason:1993

The 1992 PGA Tour was the 77th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 24th season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.[1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerOWGR
points
Notes
Jan 12 California 800,000 Steve Elkington (3) 44 Winners-only event
Jan 19 California 1,100,000 John Cook (4) 46 Pro-Am
Jan 26 Arizona 1,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia (7) 46
Feb 2 California 1,100,000 Mark O'Meara (8) 52 Pro-Am
Feb 9 Hawaii 1,200,000 John Cook (5) 42
Feb 16 Arizona 1,100,000 Lee Janzen (1) 40
Feb 23 California 1,000,000 Steve Pate (5) 34
Mar 1 California 1,000,000 Fred Couples (7) 48
Mar 8 Florida 1,400,000 Raymond Floyd (22) 52
Mar 15 Florida 1,100,000 Corey Pavin (10) 48
Mar 22 Florida 1,000,000 Fred Couples (8) 70 Invitational
Mar 29 Florida 1,800,000 Davis Love III (4) 80 Flagship event
Apr 5 Louisiana 1,000,000 Chip Beck (4) 54
Apr 12 Masters Tournament Georgia 1,500,000 Fred Couples (9) 100 Major championship
Apr 12 Mississippi 300,000 Richard Zokol (n/a) n/a Alternate event
Apr 19 South Carolina 1,000,000 Davis Love III (5) 52 Invitational
Apr 26 North Carolina 1,250,000 Davis Love III (6) 52
May 3 Texas 1,200,000 Fred Funk (1) 44
May 10 Georgia 1,000,000 Tom Kite (16) 38
May 17 Texas 1,100,000 Billy Ray Brown (2) 40
May 24 Texas 1,300,000 Bruce Lietzke (12) 54 Invitational
May 31 Maryland 1,100,000 Bill Glasson (5) 40
Jun 7 Ohio 1,300,000 David Edwards (3) 60 Invitational
Jun 14 Tennessee 1,100,000 Jay Haas (8) 54
Jun 21 U.S. Open California 1,500,000 Tom Kite (17) 100 Major championship
Jun 28 New York 1,000,000 David Frost (5) 50
Jul 5 Illinois 1,100,000 Ben Crenshaw (16) 50
Jul 12 Virginia 1,100,000 David Peoples (2) 28
Jul 19 The Open Championship Scotland £1,000,000 Nick Faldo (6) 100 Major championship
Jul 19 Tennessee 800,000 Mark Carnevale (1) 20 Alternate event
Jul 26 Massachusetts 1,000,000 Brad Faxon (2) 36
Aug 2 Connecticut 1,000,000 Lanny Wadkins (21) 42
Aug 9 Michigan 1,000,000 Dan Forsman (4) 42
Aug 16 PGA Championship Missouri 1,600,000 Nick Price (4) 100 Major championship
Aug 23 Colorado 1,200,000 Brad Faxon (3) 48
Aug 30 Ohio 1,400,000 Craig Stadler (10) 50 Limited-field event
Sep 6 Wisconsin 1,000,000 Richard Zokol (1) 40
Sep 13 Canada 1,000,000 Greg Norman (11) 48
Sep 20 Illinois 1,000,000 David Frost (6) 34
Sep 27 New York 800,000 John Daly (2) 32
Oct 4 Georgia 700,000 Gary Hallberg (3) 26
Oct 11 Nevada 1,300,000 John Cook (6) 46
Oct 18 Florida 1,000,000 John Huston (2) 44
Oct 25 Texas 900,000 Nick Price (5) 42
Nov 1 North Carolina 2,000,000 Paul Azinger (8) 54 Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)
Winner(s)OWGR
points
Notes
Nov 8World CupSpain1,100,000 Fred Couples and
Davis Love III
n/aTeam event
World Cup Individual Trophy Brett Oglen/a
Nov 8Amoco-Centel ChampionshipSouth Carolina760,000 Don Pooleyn/a
Nov 11PGA Grand Slam of GolfCalifornia1,000,000 Nick Pricen/aLimited-field event
Nov 15Franklin Funds Shark ShootoutCalifornia1,000,000 Tom Kite and
Davis Love III
n/aTeam event
Nov 22Kapalua InternationalHawaii800,000 Davis Love III38
Nov 29Skins GameCalifornia540,000 Payne Stewartn/aLimited-field event
Dec 6JCPenney ClassicFlorida1,100,000 Dan Forsman and
Dottie Mochrie
n/aTeam event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 1,344,188
2 1,191,630
3 1,165,606
4 1,135,773
5 980,934
6 957,445
7 929,863
8 812,093
9 795,279
10 763,190

Awards

AwardWinner
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1992 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour . 4 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180907161052/https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.1992.html . 7 September 2018.
  2. Web site: 1993 PGA Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour . 4 November 2023.
  3. Web site: 1992 Official money . PGA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20170401070257/https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.1992.html . 1 April 2017 . 4 November 2023.
  4. News: Couples is voted Player of Year . The Akron Beacon Journal . Akron, Ohio . 8 January 1993 . 4 November 2023 . 14 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  5. News: Couples rakes in major awards . Daily Press . Newport News, Virginia . 2 November 1992 . 4 November 2023 . 6 (D3 in paper) . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  6. News: Carnevale top rookie . Daily Press . Newport News, Virginia . 10 December 1992 . 4 November 2023 . 25 (B1 in paper) . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  7. Web site: 2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide Awards . PGA Tour . 22 October 2023.